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Crafts & Activities

Green Review: Artterro Art Journal Kits

January 27, 2012

We’re in the middle of our Artterro Eco Arts & Crafts Giveaway so I wanted to fill you in on one of the great prizes, the Artterro Art Journal Kit. Use: Crafty free-form fun that allows imaginative kids (or adults) to explore their artistic creativity through art journaling. Available in many different colors as shown above. Cost: A super [...]

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Homemade Memory Game for Holiday Fun

December 15, 2011

For Christmas this year, Cedar and I were going to make homemade wool felt play food kits for the kids in our family, as holiday gifts. However, we’re not the best sewers. We made some and did okay, but we need more practice before our sewing crafts are gift-ready. Still, since we wanted to make [...]

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Green Product Review: Artterro Wool Felt Bug Kit

December 8, 2011

Review summary: An excellent buggy art kit that requires almost zero parent help – although, you’ll probably want to make a bug too! Product: Artterro Wool Felt Bug Kit Use: Crafty buggy fun for creative kids – and even adults. Cost: An affordable $19.95 at Amazon or at the Artterro online shop. Eco-perks: For more information [...]

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DIY Recycled Holiday Luminaries

December 8, 2010

Recycled luminaries are actually a great year-round craft. You can make them spooky for Halloween or use pretty patterns to lighten up a birthday picnic table. They’re especially nice during winter holiday celebrations though both indoors and out on the porch. I like how this person below, hung their luminaries in the window. Nice. Gather: [...]

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Green Gifts for Crafty & Creative Kids

November 27, 2010

You very rarely can go wrong when you give crafty gifts for the holidays. Most kiddos love arts and crafts of all sorts, and nowadays there’s a fairly amazing array of eco-friendly art products out there. Here are some excellent green arts and crafts gifts for inspiring creativity this holiday season. If you’re looking for [...]

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Green cooking with kids: teaching eco-friendly skills in the kitchen

November 22, 2010

Most kids I’ve known adore whipping up meals, snacks or baked goods in the kitchen. Translation – the kitchen is one of the best place to introduce eco-friendly skills to your kiddos because they’re already hanging around with interest. Introducing your kids to green living and cooking skills usually starts outside of the kitchen. The [...]

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Eco-Friendly Cooking & Baking Gifts for Kids

November 22, 2010

Play cooking is super fun for kids, but it doesn’t usually beat the real deal. Most kids love to cook with their parents and cooking is an excellent way to teach green living skills. If you’re looking for long-lasting and useful gifts for the holiday season, cooking and baking gifts can’t be beat. I love [...]

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Green Company Review: Artterro

October 9, 2010

An excellent family-friendly, green-friendly company with almost zero cons. Coming up I’ll be posting specific reviews of a few Artterro art kits. Before I do that though, let’s take a look at the company basics. BASICS: Artterro was founded by Forrest & Jen who note that after searching high and low for “Eco-friendly, open-ended art [...]

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DIY Green Project: Make a reusable waste-free lunch kit!

August 10, 2010

The cheapest route to go when looking for a waste-free lunch kit is most likely to make your own. Now, you can’t make everything you need for a waste-free lunch kit – for example making homemade silverware is hard I hear. That said, you can make most of a lunch kit yourself, then add silverware [...]

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Organic Craft Dough Creations

July 18, 2010

The other day I posted what may be the world’s cheapest eco-craft – organic flour dough. I said I’d post some of our creations soon, so to follow through here you go. A couple of these picture will also give you an idea of what happens when you mix in food coloring, although you do [...]